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APAC asset managers to invest heavily in data

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... over the next three years. Based on a survey conducted by Longitude Research, which polled 400 senior executives at asset owners and managers in 11 countries, State Street's report reveals that 81% of respondents saw data and analytics as a top strategic ...

Asian institutions not using asset consultants

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Ng. Most other processes are conducted internally, though, for "confidentiality reasons," Ng explained. "Few Asian asset owners outsource key management aspects [because of the] understanding that an institution's internal investment staff is paid to ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... subsidiary State Street corporation, said managed accounts are ideally suited to these investors because they enable asset owners to maintain governance control using a platform structure that is fully customisable. The crucial aspect of such structures ...

BNP Paribas pinches senior JPM custody exec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... strength of its full service proposition, which includes custody as well as front, middle and back office services for asset owners and managers in Australasia." JosA(C) Placido, global head of client development at BNP Paribas, added: "David brings ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
There are as many as 160 ways asset owners are likely to unnecessarily lose money to hidden costs. But the good news is they can be uncovered and eliminated. That's according to Novarca, a consultancy specialising in what it calls 'cost pattern analysis.' ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by State Street. ...

Towers Watson launches Thinking Ahead Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... in the investment world to improve the provision of savings." Dubbed the Thinking Ahead Institute, it is open to asset owners, investment managers and other parties. So far it has 19 members from Australia, France, South Africa, the UK and the USA with ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... lead to a global financial crisis that dwarfs the 2008 crash. Hewson was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the Asset Owners' Disclosure Project, a movement which pressures the 1000 largest global pension funds to disclose their carbon risk. Those ...

Executives lose sleep over changing regulation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... solve these issues. "Client reporting, for example, is increasingly being entrusted to third party providers to help asset owners and managers better optimise data and analytics, reduce costs and empower management," he said.

BNP Paribas appoints custody product head

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... identified. Peter Baker, head of Australia and New Zealand at BNP Paribas Securities Services, said: "Australian asset owners and fund managers are today facing more challenges than ever before; be it increased regulation - here and overseas - and the ...